Title: A Bucket of Blood
Summary: A dim-witted busboy finds acclaim as an artist for a plaster-covered dead cat that is mistaken as a skillful statuette. The desire for more praise soon leads to an increasingly deadly series of works.
Directed by: Roger Corman
Actors: Dick Miller, Barboura Morris, Antony Carbone
Production Company: Alta Vista Productions
Release Date: 21 October 1959 (USA)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Walter Paisley, nerdy busboy at a Bohemian café, is jealous of the talent (and popularity) of its various artistic regulars. But after accidentally killing his landlady's cat and covering the body in plaster to hide the evidence, he is acclaimed as a brilliant sculptor - but his new-found friends want to see more of his work. Lacking any artistic talent whatsoever, Walter has to resort to similar methods to produce new work, and soon people start mysteriously disappearing...

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